New Lambs and Pickup Locations

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February 28, 2018

New Lambs and Pickup Locations

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As you know on the farm we try to work with nature instead of go to war with nature. Practically that means we raise climatically adapted animals, accept a seasonal rhythm to our work, and that we try to plan our animal births for pleasant weather (spring and fall) and an abundance of green pasture.

But this winter we have had quite a surprise! You see..... about 1/3 of the sheep have given birth in the last month. While they are impossibly cute they are also way early. Last summer we waited an additional three weeks to remove the males from the herd and they apparently made ample use of the time.

We feel blessed that the weather turned warmer towards the end of January and has been pretty amiable for February. Despite the cold the young lambs are doing quite well. A testament to hardy genetics and fantastic mothers.

In addition to our lambscapades Mariah and I had an opportunity to visit White Oaks Pastures in Georgia. They practice large scale regenerative agriculture and welcomed us down for a tour. We learned a lot from the trip and Mariah got a few ideas for a BNB cabin she has been dreaming about starting.

Our goal in visiting farms is to learn better ways to restore the land through regenerative agricultural practices and how to better serve you - the families who trust us to provide nutrient rich food for them. We don't take that responsibility lightly. We are also trying to provide nutrient rich food for our family. Judah (our son) is our litmus test. We won't offer anything to another family that we don't believe would be safe, nutrient rich, and nourishing for Judah. That is a high standard, but it is a standard that you deserve as you seek out real food for your family.

New Pickup Locations, Times, and Home Delivery

We want to serve you better! To do that we are now trialing home delivery and have added additional pickup locations. Want to learn more about pickup locations near you? Times, schedules, and more?

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It is an Honor to be your farmers!

-David, Mariah, and Baby Judah

The Fourth Generation Moves The Sheep

Since, we are constantly rotating our cattle, sheep, chickens and pigs onto fresh pasture so that the grazed pasture can fully recover and because some county roads split the family farm into three main sections we often find ourselves needing to cross or walk down the road a bit. Of course crossing a road is much more difficult than simply opening a gate within the farm as you have to stop traffic, and there is always the chance that an animal could walk through the first open gate onto the road but then for some unknown reason fail to go into the next open gate back onto the farm. Fetching an animal that has made this unfortunate choice in navigation is never a fun activity!!!!So whenever we do cross the road, we try to have plenty of help and set things up as well as possible. Often those additional hands come in the form of the fourth generation on the farm, and I might say a very capable one despite their smaller stature. This past week, we had to cross a driveway abutting a blacktop road with the sheep as we moved from one field to another. It should have been a pretty simple affair as road crossings go, and Judah and E faithfully came with me on that Saturday morning ( for some reason the animals need cared for on holidays and weekends too! ) as we headed out to move them. As we walked outside, JoBelle threw her arms around my legs and said "go width dada, go ow side dada" my first impulse was to try to explain that it was a job for the "bigs" (our household term for the older boys coined by the third brother I believe) and that she needed to stay home. But looking down into those sweet eyes and that expectant face I instead helped her put on her boots and swept her up as we headed outside - giving Mariah a quick update that I was taking her as I did so (counting littles is a full time job at our place). She tagged along like a champ babbling and telling me all kinds of things as I called the sheep across the field and her older brothers herded them from behind - no small task as the warm season grasses composing the field we were leaving behind were taller than the boys!When I got to the gateway and the road that needed crossed, I realized that I had forgotten an extra roll of fencing to stretch across the driveway side of the T in the road. I had intended to use the rtv as a fence along with myself on the black top side but now I was in a pickle. Without something to stop the sheep on the other side they would certainly run down the driveway and visit our neighbors yard and shrubberies. While we get on splendidly with the neighbor in question I do not think they would be over thrilled at this opportunity for "all natural" landscaping (I still shudder at the memory of the goats and the Maple Tree affair)Then JoBelle started telling me something (she is still pretty hard to understand most times) and I had an idea. The sheep are gentle and not ones to approach anything out of the ordinary, so I explained to JoBelle that she was going to sit down in the driveway and guard it while the sheep walked by. She happily complied and I opened the gates. As I called the sheep the fourth generation tag teamed the operation with JoBelle guarding the driveway and the boys bringing up the herd. Once across everyone got a big high five and job well done speech as be bumped our way back towards the house on the rtv.

New Lambs and Pickup Locations